What the Forest Keeps (2026) Original Acrylic Painting by Elise Eekhout

This painting began with the memory of a quiet landscape in which water, trees and light seemed to merge. I was drawn to the way reflections can make it difficult to distinguish what is solid from what is its reflection.

Fragments of a text I wrote about walking through nature are embedded within the layers of paint, like thoughts appearing and disappearing in the landscape.

I wanted to capture a moment in which the landscape becomes almost dreamlike — recognisable, yet already beginning to dissolve into light, colour and reflection.

Materials used:

acrylics and gilding on canvas

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 53 x 53 x 3cm (framed) / 50 x 50cm (actual image size)
• Framed and ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky